English
contractile
Contractile comes from French contracter ‘to engage via a formal or informal contract’, and goes back to Latin contractus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontractus
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcontracter‘to engage via a formal or informal contract’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcontractile
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontractus
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcontracter‘to engage via a formal or informal contract’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcontractile
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Latin contractus
Today it means
adj Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin contractus / contractile